From: "Dave Ings" 

That's an incredibly silly thing to day, it's beneath you. When you say
things like this you sound as unreasonable as Phil can be . I doubt it
reflects the real you.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> Maybe because until recent elections the Canadian government had more
> sympathy for the terrorist enemies of the USA than the USA.
>
> Gary
>
> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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>> The short version as I recall it: an early 30s Canadian citizen of North
>> African (perhaps Syrian, I can't recall) descent of no particular
>> security
>> interest (also a software guy, like me) who was in transit (returning
>> from
>> vacation) from North Africa to Canada via JFK. Detained at JFK
>> (supposedly
>> partly on the basis of bogus information supplied by the RCMP to US
>> immigration services) and held for several days in New York. Then shipped
> by
>> private jet via Rome and Jordan to Syria where he was tortured during a
> year
>> long captivity. Released by Syria and returned to Canada when they
>> decided
>> he was uninteresting (also when the negative PR finally got the Canadian
>> government to act). His life and career have been shattered, as you might
>> imagine.
>>
>> The long version:
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/
>>

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